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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a 38-year-old pregnant woman, Kate Ngozi Nwuju on Tuesday 14th September at her residence in Rumueme, Mile 4 area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State with 4.5kilogrammes of cannabis following intelligence that she sells drugs. Her arrest followed nationwide offensive action against drug traffickers in the past week, leading to seizure of hundreds of kilogrammes of illicit substances at airports, courier firms, hideouts and destroying hectares of cannabis farms in the remote forests. According to a statement by the Director,…

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Bandits reportedly invaded the residence of the leader of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) in Lere community in Kaduna State, shooting him dead for failing to provide a N20 million ransom they demanded. The bandits who stormed the MACBAN chairman’s home in Lere local council at about 12:40am, yesterday, led the Fulani leader to a location before killing him. The Kaduna State chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Haruna Usman Tugga, announced the development in a statement. He said: “With deep sorrow and total submission to the Almighty Allah, we regret…

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Khadija Yakubu, a 22-year-old woman, has been arrested by the Yobe State Police Command for allegedly poisoning and killing three of her stepchildren in Malaria Huta community, Potiskum Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state, ASP Dungus Abdulkareem, in a statement on Friday said the suspect poisoned the tea drank by four children of her husband’s first wife. The victims were identified as Umar Haruna, 12; Maryam Haruna, 11; Ahmed Haruna, nine and seven-year-old Zainab Haruna. Abdulkareem, “Findings indicated that the children have…

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One Timothy Emmanuel, an alleged fake military officer who has been oppressing residents of Karu and Lafia local government areas in Nasarawa state, has been arrested by the Police Command of the state. Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi, stated this on Friday in Lafia while parading the suspect and 60 other suspected criminals arrested for various crimes. He explained that the suspect, who is an indigene of Plateau State that had been on the watch list of the Police, was arrested along B.A.D Road in Lafia while he was…

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A woman, Mrs. Oke Ere-Eganoma has every reason to thank her creator as she narrowly escaped being killed by her own son, Emma Ere-Eganoma, who allegedly wanted to use her for ritual purpose. The incident happened in in Okuokoko community, Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State on Tuesday. It was gathered that, the suspect reportedly invited his mother, who sells foodstuff in Okuokoko Market, to his apartment on Caroline Street, within the neighbourhood for a surprise gift. On arrival at her son’s abode, the unsuspecting mother met him merry…

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